Do Tell: How Do You Know If You're Boring Someone?

Do Tell: How Do You Know If You're Boring Someone?

I can be a terrible bore when talking about my chronic allergies or compound hyphenation, but I am hypersensitive to the second I see anyone's eyes drift or glaze over. And who knows how long that takes! But the second I do, I try to steer the conversation to more interesting waters, like your allergies.

Whether it's body language or canned responses, I'm sure you all have grace-saving tactics to recognize when you've said enough. How do you know when it's time to change it up?

Same here -- I just read the other person's body language. Generally, I would politely change the topic, or gracefully stop talking. However, if think I'm saying something important (and it would behoove the person to pay attention), I would gently confront the person. I would say,"Listen," and quickly wrap-up what I'm saying.
While I generally respect when someone stops paying attention to me, sometimes I need to confront them about it.